if you don't mind, i would like to point you to some issues i have found ..just for your next codingsessions:

* what about hidden backward compatibility to the sdr format. Maybe you can still trace for sdr files.

* the UI looks very slick, but i think there should be at least a basic usability:

+ I can't see the difference between UI elements and buttons. What about an rollover effect to let the user know where the magic starts. ..i miss the habtic feeling.

+ The convert hdr to sIBL dialoge can be enhanced by an indicator, which gives you feedback when the tool is calculating the changes.

+ It would also make sense to work not in full resolution, but in screenresolution(300x150px) with a proxy image for faster feedback and then apply the changes of the icon, bg, ref and env at once. ..just like offline editing (or my pc is too slow *g*)

+ At the moment the Importscript is working on the changed file, this means, when i blur the file to 100 i can't go back to blur 1, because it will blur the blured. Maybe with the idea of this proxy/dummy system we can avoid such problems.

(A) Original -> copy and resize to (B)Then create (B).icon, (B).BG (B).ENV (B).REF for the UIWhen a parameter is changed by the user you only have to change the file (B) for example

When finished we create the result based on (A) and the parameters of (B).x

anyway... my 2c.

+ I also think we should give the UI more space. The elements are to close together. Think in groups of elements:

+ I want to suggest to let the user define the FROMprojectiontype ONLY in the Originalpanel and the TOprojectiontype in the other panels.

To be honest, it makes only little sense to change the projection individually, so if i would be consequent, i would let the user only transform projection in the original panel for all other parts of the sibl.This would solve the problem of the bug with remapping and Size change of the image (Vcross -> Long/lat)

+ I think the default Filetype values should be set to JPG and HDR or set in the configuration.

Well, I kind of like that toolbox style. You can apply any change in any order, do a small blur first with Bloom, and a bigger one without. When you Alt-Click Apply, it previews the change, and a small "Undo" Icon appears. And in any case you can get back to the original with the Reset button.

Everything is realtime on my machine.The defaults are great for local sIBLs. EXR has better color preservation, and TGA is simply production standard for uncompressed.

if you don't mind, i would like to point you to some issues i have found ..just for your next codingsessions:

Thats great, in fact such stuff is always welcome and helps a lot

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* what about hidden backward compatibility to the sdr format. Maybe you can still trace for sdr files.

+ I can't see the difference between UI elements and buttons. What about an rollover effect to let the user know where the magic starts. ..i miss the habtic feeling.

+ The convert hdr to sIBL dialoge can be enhanced by an indicator, which gives you feedback when the tool is calculating the changes.

Good suggestions, and shouldn't be difficult to be implemented....

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+ It would also make sense to work not in full resolution, but in screenresolution(300x150px) with a proxy image for faster feedback and then apply the changes of the icon, bg, ref and env at once. ..just like offline editing (or my pc is too slow *g*)

Yeah, one of the "headache features"

in fact I've been thinking of this since I started the importer,and its "partially" implemented. (The al+leftclick preview feature)

problem with such a feature request is:- I either have to implement some sort of history (to avoid problems like if you would blur the image twice, etc)or change the whole philosophy behind the editing(The acutal setting is the final settings applied.)

both need some rewrite, and both have advantages / disadvantages.so this is certainly a longterm issue (sorry)

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+ I also think we should give the UI more space. The elements are to close together. Think in groups of elements:

Right, Reorder and investing few pixels more will be done.

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+ I want to suggest to let the user define the FROMprojectiontype ONLY in the Originalpanel and the TOprojectiontype in the other panels.

Yes sounds reasonable mhmm... what about adding an FROM/TO projection option to the original image so you can apply them to all images ?and as for the first step, (.991) changes made here affect the settings in the other sections ?

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To be honest, it makes only little sense to change the projection individually, so if i would be consequent, i would let the user only transform projection in the original panel for all other parts of the sibl.

Well I could imagine someone who would prefer to use a Mirror Ball Projection for ENV in generaland keep Lat Long for the other images.(....and I'm always a bit picky when it comes to reducing flexibillity / options )

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+ I think the default Filetype values should be set to JPG and HDR or set in the configuration.

After rereading the post, I came to the conclusion, thatthe most urgent thing I'll have to implement,is certainly a more detailed configuration dialog / ini file wich includesthe prefered settings for the import dialog.(File Type, Projection, Size, Blur).what do you think ?

new sibl edit preview releaseas mentioned in the old forum it does now have a global projection transform in the import dialog, (and pseudo sdr backward compatibility, wich I didn't mentioned) and a better config menu, this version does now have mouseover buttons, and a progress bar for transformation and blur.